sides

nounedge, exteriority of object
nounpoint of view
nounopposing person or view

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Word Origin & History

Old English side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from Proto-Germanic *sithon (cf. Old Saxon sida, Old Norse siða, Danish side, Swedish sida, Middle Dutch side, Dutch zidje, Old High German sita, German Seite), from adjective *sithas "long" (cf. Old English sid "long, broad, spacious," Old Norse siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE root *se- "long, late" (see soiree).

Original sense preserved in countryside. Figurative sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (cf. choosing sides) first recorded mid-13c. Meaning "one of the parties in a transaction" is from late 14c.; sense in a sporting contest or game is from 1690s. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c.1200. Side-splitting "affecting with compulsive laughter" is attested by 1825.

Example Sentences forsides

The sides of this hill he covered with a layer of bricks that the sand might not be blown away.

It is now a mere platform, with the walls running up on two sides only.

Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.

All his other women are parts of her or reflections of her, as all his heroes are sides of Hamlet, or reflections of him.

All the houses were of two stories, of which the upper was open on the sides, and used for sleeping.

At sides masonry with recesses; in the R. centre a great doorway.

The tribesmen poured into the bazaar and attacked the serai on all sides.

The bullets of the enemy made "watery flashes" on all sides.

Then they set fire to it on all sides, laughing and shouting: 'Burn, burn, daughter of the Didi!'

For the first time in days I was thoroughly toasted on all sides at once.

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